PET/CT improves preoperative staging of non-small cell lung cancer

July 2, 2009, 1:05 am by Radiology Headlines from Aunt Minnie

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jul 2 - Combined positron-emission tomography and computed tomography (PET/CT) improves the staging of non-small cell lung cancer and also reduces the numbers of total and futile thoracotomies, Danish researchers report in the July 2 New England Journal of Medicine.

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